Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
937 
9 
14 
24 
47 
80 
Female 
306 
- 
2 
2 
10 
21 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
619 
7 
9 
20 
43 
79 
Other 
624 
2 
7 
6 
14 
22 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
963 
3 
6 
16 
32 
66 
Not on farm operated 
280 
6 
10 
10 
25 
35 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
7 
10 
18 
29 
52 
Any 
789 
2 
6 
8 
28 
49 
1 to 49 days 
84 
- 
- 
1 
4 
10 
50 to 99 days 
51 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
133 
- 
1 
1 
5 
1 
200 days or more 
521 
2 
5 
6 
15 
32 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
- 
- 
1 
3 
7 
3 or 4 years 
90 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
5 to 9 years 
221 
- 
- 
2 
10 
23 
1 0 years or more 
860 
9 
16 
22 
42 
66 
Average years on present farm 
20.8 
33.8 
37.8 
29.7 
21.5 
20.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
53 
- 
- 
1 
3 
6 
3 or 4 years 
92 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
5 to 9 years 
204 
- 
- 
2 
4 
17 
1 0 years or more 
894 
9 
16 
22 
48 
73 
Average years operating any farm 
22.2 
33.8 
37.8 
30.8 
22.9 
22.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
57 
- 
- 
1 
4 
13 
35 to 44 years 
115 
- 
- 
3 
5 
11 
45 to 49 years 
195 
3 
2 
1 
11 
9 
50 to 54 years 
166 
1 
3 
4 
10 
14 
55 to 59 years 
167 
2 
1 
3 
11 
9 
60 to 64 years 
170 
2 
4 
6 
7 
12 
65 to 69 years 
179 
- 
2 
2 
3 
20 
70 years and over 
184 
1 
4 
6 
6 
12 
Average age 
56.7 
56.8 
62.4 
59.0 
53.9 
55.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,216 
9 
16 
26 
57 
100 
More than one race reported 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
160 
- 
2 
2 
10 
20 
2 people 
538 
4 
8 
13 
19 
46 
3 people 
226 
2 
- 
4 
13 
10 
4 people 
181 
2 
3 
5 
9 
14 
5 or more people 
138 
1 
3 
2 
6 
11 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
901 
2 
3 
7 
17 
42 
25 to 49 percent 
129 
- 
1 
2 
11 
30 
50 to 74 percent 
71 
2 
4 
4 
7 
8 
75 to 99 percent 
56 
3 
5 
3 
10 
9 
1 00 percent 
86 
2 
3 
10 
12 
12 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
74 
7 
6 
7 
9 
7 
acres 
12,521 
4,583 
(D) 
1,021 
(D) 
138 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,006 
9 
14 
21 
49 
84 
Dial-up service 
31 
- 
- 
1 
1 
6 
DSL service 
130 
5 
5 
3 
7 
13 
Cable modem service 
522 
2 
8 
12 
29 
35 
Fiber-optic service 
268 
3 
1 
6 
14 
20 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
108 
3 
1 
2 
2 
11 
Satellite service 
44 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Other Internet service 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,078 
4 
7 
18 
48 
83 
2 households 
123 
3 
5 
5 
4 
12 
3 households 
30 
2 
3 
2 
2 
6 
4 households 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
9 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
114 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
